Soap dispenser with reciprocating cutter blade



T. SUMNER Aug. 30, 1949.

. SOAP DISPENSER WITH RECIPRQCATING CUTTER BLADE Filed Ffeb.*27, 1945' INVENTOR. 7%0/7700 lya/naer' Patented Aug. 30, 1949 v SOAP DISPENSER WITH RECIPE-COATING CUTTER BLADE Thomas Sumner, Salt Lake City, Utah Application February 27, 1945, Serial No. 579,985

1 Claim.

a My invention relates to a new and improved type of soap dispenser'and has for its objects to provide a soap dispenser which uses elongated sticks of solid soap and which shaves off a thin cutting from one end of the stick with each stroke of the operating blade.

A further object is to provide a soap dispenser which employs the use of a vertical column of solid or stick soap carried in a suitable container and adapted to have a small shaving or slice cut away from the bottom thereof as desired or required by the user, the stick of soap being held in place by a multiplicity of corrugations or teeth like protrusions adapted to engage one side of the soap stick when it is being cut the relative position of the cutting knife being such that there will be no tendency of the soap stick to raise or climb up the opposite wall of the container but should there be any such tendency then it will be eliminated by the corrugations or teeth.

A still further object is to provide an adjustable blade for soap cutters which may be shifted to cut a very thin shaving of a thicker slice from the bottom of a solid column of soap.

A still further object is to provide a soap dispenser wherein the cutting blade is set at an angle with the soap resting downwardly by the force of gravity so that with each backward movement of the cutting blade the soap will by the force of gravity drop down for each succeeding forward cutting stroke of the blade.

These and many other objects I accomplish with the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which similar numerals and letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views and as described in the specifications forming a part of this application and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side view of the soap dispenser. Figure 2 is a vertical section thereof with the cutting blade withdrawn for starting another stroke. Figure 3 is a plan view of the cutter blade and its operating frame and handle.

In the drawings in which I have shown the preferred embodiment of my invention I have shown the main body of the soap dispenser as a square column A, having extended lugs 5 and 6 formed on the back side thereof by which the entire device may be supported on any wall, behind a wash basin or other places where soap is needed. The vertical column'A is provided with a vertical opening I therein extending from the top throughout its entire length and this is the chamber used for the soap sticks. Diagonally across the column and near the base thereof I providea guide channel or slot 8 on an angle of about forty-five degrees and this angle carries metal channel tracks at each edge thereof in which the cutter blade framework B is operated. However if the material from which the column is of sumcient hardness to stand wear the metal channel tracks 9 may be dispensed with the framework carried in the guide channel slot 8. A suitable stop will be used to limit the forward and backward movement of the blade support framework B. The cutter blade framework shown in plan view in Figure 3 consists of a flat body l0 having a handle ll extended from one end by which it is operated the handle being adapted to be operated through a smaller slot l2 in the top end of the operating channel slot 8. Both edges of the body H) are bent upward to form guide runners l3 and I along the sides of the body to keep the blade in proper position and to operate in the tracks 9 or channel 8. Transversely across the end of the framework B I provide a slightly raised stop bar l5 adapted to act as a retainer to hold the soap stick in place when the blade is being withdrawn for another cut and set suificient distance down from the top edges of the runners I3 and M to allow the soap stick to drop suflicient distance for a full cut to be taken therefrom if desired. Transversely across and spaced from this bar I5 I form a blade guide and adjustment bar IE to which the cutter blade is adjustably attached. This bar I 6 is provided with spaced adjustment screws l1 adapted to be passed through slots la in the blade C to permit forward or rearward movement of the cutter blade as desired depending upon the thickness of the soap shavings desired. The bar being set on a slope the more the blade is moved toward the soap the higher the cutting edge is elevated thereby cutting a thicker shaving from the soap stick S. There must be some space between the bar l6 and the stop bar IE to permit free dropping of the soap chips or shavings through the lower open end 4 of the opening 1. The blade C cuts better when set at a straight angle to the soap so that one end of the blade engages the soap first to give it a draw or sliding out so the blade is preferably set on the bar It at an angle to the true face of the soap stick S. This may be done either by the positioning of the set screws [1 or the entire bar may be formed at an angle to the side runners l3 and M. A suitable cover may be provided for the top of the device if desired. Along the ver-- tical back wall 3 of the opening 1 near the lower end where the cutter blade is operated I provide edge thereof set through the column at an angle and near the base thereof; a blade framework carried in said channels, h'avlh'ga h'andle' ex tended out sufiicient distance to force the cutting" blade through the end of the column-of soap; a cutting blade having slots therein; screws in said blade framework to adjustablymouiifithebutting blade in the framework at an angle to the'coluxnn of soap and to the framework; a flat end on the blade framework adapted to support the column of soap when" theblaueigwitrrarawn" termnext out; arid notches fdr'me'd onthe in'side' faeebf 4 the recess toward which the cutting blade thrusts said notches to prevent the soap from sliding up the recess when engaged by the cutting blade.

THOMAS SUMNER.

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